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Re: Importance of professional relationships

I'm not so sure that it is in this case. While there are some situations that
are so intensely no-win that a god-like writer would still not be able to turn
then favorably, if you keep finding yourself in such situations, then even if
your professional relationship skills are a model of perfection, you need
to take a look at whatever processes you're using to look for work...

Gene Kim-Eng
(currently reevaluating the hell out of my last jobhunt decision)

At 11:42 AM 4/9/2003 -0700, Mike O. wrote:

Awww, Andrew, I was reading along and agreeing with you and then you
had to go and say this:

> As I have said before, the single unifying factor in all
> your failed business relationships is YOU.

This statement demonstrates correlation, not cause, which is a popular
way to make statistics lie.

Andrew you are not the first person to post this gem and you probably
won't be the last. But the next person to post it should know that it
is a well-known statistical fallacy.